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Chapter 1 Lesson 1 What is History?

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Paleontologists study ______________.

a)

artifacts

b)

fossils

c)

culture

d)

tools developed by ancient people

2.

Integral means ____________________.

a)

specific

b)

necessary

c)

exact

d)

prehistory

3.

A species is ______________________________________.

a)

a class of individuals with similar characteristics

b)

a class of individuals with different characteristics

c)

a large period of time

d)

a system to arrange days in order

4.

An era is ____________________________________________.

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1000 years

d)

a block of time divided up by events or characteristics rather than specific years

5.

___________________ is the study of human culture and how it develops over time.

a)

Anthropology

b)

Archeology

c)

Paleontology

d)

Science

6.

_________________________ means to create or setup something.

a)

Artifact

b)

Teach

c)

Found

d)

Search

7.

Precise means ________________.

a)

a calendar

b)

zero

c)

almost

d)

exact

8.

_________________________ is the study of objects to learn about past human life.

a)

Species

b)

Fossils

c)

Archeology

d)

Paleontology

9.

_______________________ is plant or animal remains that have been preserved from earlier time.

a)

Fossils

b)

Artifacts

c)

Species

d)

Lucy

10.

A group of 10 years is a _____________________________.

a)

era

b)

century

c)

decade

d)

millennium

11.

An old object made by people is an ______________________.

a)

decade

b)

artifact

c)

museum

d)

historian

12.

A historian is a person that studies _______________.

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

history

d)

math

13.

Mrs. Cheatham has ______ kids.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

14.

B.C. on a time line stands for ___________________ ________________.

a)

Before Christ

b)

Boring Calendars

c)

Prehistory

d)

Bobby Cheatham

15.

What are some reasons we study history?

a)

It helps teach us who we are.

b)

It helps us understand how we fit into the human story.

c)

So we don't make the same mistakes

d)

all of the above